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Republican Thought Police 0

Exercise your Constitutional right of freedom of speech and you just might find yourself on ice ICE on you.

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Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0

A willing co-conspirator? At Above the Law, Joe Patrice tells of a lawyer who asked ChatGPt to tilt the scales of justice in his client’s favor.

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QOTD 0

Plutarch:

To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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Red Scare Redux 0

Donald Trump, sitting on Kim Jong-Un's lap, says,

Via Job’s Anger.

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Big Tech and Our Surveillance Society 0

There’s a reason some persons call them “pervert glasses.”

Just because you can do it with computers, doesn’t mean you should.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Yet another oxymoronic “responsible gun owner” exposes his portable phallus to a child.

Family members tell Action News 5 that five-year-old Tamir Washington got hold of a gun and unintentionally shot himself in the head.

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The Me Veneration 0

As far as U an concerned, this is a bridge too far.

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QOTD 0

John Naisbitt:

Learning how to learn is the most precious thing we have in life.

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Republican Family Values 0

Title:  Republican Senators confirm Todd Blance to be Attorney-General by voting with their feet.  Image:  GOP Elephants jumping up and down on the backs of Epstein victims.

Via Job’s Anger.

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Red Scare Redux 0

At my local rag, retired academician Tom Wallace dissects the misdirection play. A snippet:

So, given Trump’s failed agenda and low approval ratings, Republicans avoid criticizing him by adopting the old worn-out political bugaboo of communist infiltration of government.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

A “responsible gun owner” shows politeness to his friend.

One more time, “accidental” and “negligent” are not synonymous.

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The Climates They Are a-Changing 0

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Sporadic Bloggery for the Next Few Days 0

Family matters, in a good way.

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QOTD 0

Anthony Eden:

Corruption never has been compulsory.

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A Tune for the Times 0

(Warning: mild language.)

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This New Gilded Age 0

In case you wonder why the first Gilded Age gave rise to the union movement, this example from our New Gilded Age might help dispel said wonder.

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The Trumpled Weather Bureau 0

Man in the NOAA

Click for the original image.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Yes, Virginia, there is such a thing as poetic justice.

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All the News You Can Lose 0

PoliticalProf.

When persons have to turn to “social” media for news because their “local” news outlets aren’t outing their local news, we are well and truly–well, let’s just say that’s not a positive indicator in dis coarse discourse.

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